Detailed description of Sunol Valley Golf Course, Palm Course, CLOSED 2016
Sunol Valley Golf Club is a 36 hole golf facility located in Sunoi, California. The facility has two championship courses, The Cypress course and The Palms Course. The unique geography and strategic location of these courses provide a great golf getaway for residents of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The courses are geared towards the mid to high handicap golfer yet both courses can provide a challenge for a golfers of all levels.
The Sunol Valley Golf Course, Palm Course first opened in 1967. The course was designed by Clark Glasson.
Sunol Valley Golf Club features two championship courses, Cypress and Palms.
The Palms course is longer and not as tight as the Cypress Palm course. The Sunol Valley Golf Courses Palm Course plays to a par-72 and a maximum distance of 6,843 yards for a course rating of 72.4 and a slope rating of 126.
General Manager Bryan Richardson announced the January 2016 closure December 2015 to 80 employees. Richardson said the move was prompted by economics and California’s historic drought. He said dwindling individual rounds, state-mandated water limits, and a 500% increase in water costs since 2011 had dealt a crippling blow to the 36-hole golf club
$56 (cart included), played on Sunday, April 2010 at 10am
Great price, good condition. Very good for average or below golfers, like me.
$41 (cart included), played on Sunday, January 2010 at 8am
For th emoney, most excellent
$61 (cart included), played on Sunday, December 2009 at 8am
good lay-out, Bare lies in some fairways. Geese dropings on some greens
$21 (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2009 at 6am
$21 (cart not included), played on Wednesday, August 2009 at 10am
$41 (cart included), played on Sunday, December 2007 at noon
Just not much of a course. If you're going to play at this facility, play the Cypress Course instead.
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$56 (cart included), played on Saturday, July 2012 at 10am
It was a windy day and the play was fairly slow. Overall not a bad experience but if you got off the fairway at all the ground was hard and baked.